Religions of the Western World Documents

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Ludwig Chapter 6 Jewish Sacred Story and Historical Context
The founding of the Israelite religion under the leadership of Moses and the founding of
Judaism after the Babylonian exile under the leadership of Ezra
The Hebrew Bible The Tanakh
The religion o

Van Voorst Chapter 3 Notes
Judaism is founded on the belief in one personal God
They were called to serve God and spread love and justice in the world
The Jewish Bible is the foundation of Christian and Islamic scriptures
o The Jewish Bible is their scrip

Ludwig Chapter 7 Jewish Worlds of Meaning
One God as the creator and master to all monotheism
Israelite early devotion was split between Yahweh and the fertility gods
The Development of Monotheism
Yahweh is the god of all nature and all peoples
o Yahweh v

Ludwig Chapter 8 Ritual Practices and the Good Life for Jews
Rituals and ceremonies of Judaism
Sabbaths for Rest, Festivals for Rejoicing
Queen Sabbath at the very center of Jewish life is Shabbat (Sabbath), the only festival in
the ten commandments
o Sup

Ludwig Chapter 12
Muslim Sacred Story and Historical Context
1/5 of people in the world
To be Muslim means to find ones identity in the sacred story of a man born in the Arabian
peninsula the prophet Muhammad
Muhammad is the final agent of Gods revelation

Chapter 15 New Religious Movements
Spiritual Searching and Alternative Sacred Paths
Cults, Sects, and Alternative Religious Movements
o Religious movements within a society are known as sects or colts
o Groups that split off from the main stream
Cult an

New Religious Movements
Spiritual Searching and Alternative Sacred Paths
Cults, Sects, and Alternative Religious Movements
o Religious movements within a society are known as sects or colts
o Groups that split off from the main stream
Cult an alternative

Chapter 6
Book of Mormon subtitled Another Testament of Jesus Christ
The Church of Latter-Day Saints sees itself as Christian
The Christian Bible is the first canon
Scripture 3 parts
Book of Mormon the leading part where the term Mormons comes from
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